Job 6:25

Job's Second Speech: A Response To Eliphaz

²⁴ “Teach me, and I will be silent;
And show me how I have erred.
²⁵ “How painful are honest words!
But what does your argument prove?
²⁶ “Do you intend to reprove my words,
When the words of one in despair belong to the wind?

Job

Job 4:4

“Your words have helped the tottering to stand,
And you have strengthened feeble knees.

Job 13:5

“O that you would be completely silent,
And that it would become your wisdom!

Job 16:3-5

“Is there no limit to windy words?
Or what plagues you that you answer?

Job 21:34

“How then will you vainly comfort me,
For your answers remain full of falsehood?”

Job 24:25

“Now if it is not so, who can prove me a liar,
And make my speech worthless?”

Job 32:3

And his anger burned against his three friends because they had found no answer, and yet had condemned Job.

Proverbs 12:18

There is one who speaks rashly like the thrusts of a sword,
But the tongue of the wise brings healing.

Proverbs 16:21-24

The wise in heart will be called understanding,
And sweetness of speech increases persuasiveness.

Proverbs 18:21

Death and life are in the power of the tongue,
And those who love it will eat its fruit.

Proverbs 25:11

Like apples of gold in settings of silver
Is a word spoken in right circumstances.

Ecclesiastes 12:10-11

The Preacher sought to find delightful words and to write words of truth correctly.